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stye

/ ٲɪ /

noun

  1. inflammation of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid, usually caused by bacteria technical name hordeolum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stye1

C15 styanye (mistakenly taken as sty on eye ), from Old English īԻ rising, hence swelling, stye + ye eye
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And they could make an incision to squeeze out a stye.

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An ER doctor told me I had a severe stye – an infection by staphylococcus aureus bacteria of the eyelid – caused by my poor diet and dirty living conditions.

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Wear makeup to bed: Sleeping in eye makeup can clog glands around the eyes, raising your risk of skin irritation, pimples, and styes.

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Bruce Bochy is the most over-rated manager in the major leagues though his corn pone stye seems to transfix every and each urbanized baseball sports writer of America.

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Yankees: CF Aaron Hicks was scratched from the lineup because of a stye in his eye.

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